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Date transcribed2011-01-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Ayub Khan    
Year of Birth  1849    
Entry  Fourth son of Shir Ali, Amir of Afghanistan, brother of Yakub Khan (q.v.) : was long a fugitive in Persia, but was appointed Governor of Herat by Yakub in 1879 : he advanced thence upon Kandahar in July, 1880, and at Maiwand, on the 27th, defeated General Burrows and his force : besieged Kandahar : on Sep. 1. he fought the battle of Kandahar against Sir F. Roberts (q.v.), who had marched thither from Kabul, and was routed, fleeing towards Herat : in July, 1881, he defeated Amir Abdur Rahman's troops and captured Kandahar, but, being defeated there by the Amir, fled to Persia, where he was made a prisoner of state : he escaped and tried to cross the Afghan frontier in 1887, but was repulsed, and surrendered to the British Agent at Mashad : eventually he was made over to the Government of India and interned in India, being kept at Rawul Pindi.     
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